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Former United Bermuda Party MP Jon Brunson will face off against Health Minister Zane DeSilva in the upcoming General Election.
One Bermuda Alliance leader Craig Cannonier formally announced Mr Brunson’s candidacy for district 29, Southampton East.at...
DATE: Nov 02, 2012
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Politics
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A new Bermuda Educators’ Council has been elected following a hiatus of several months.
A chairman has yet to be appointed by the 11-member group, created in 2002 to oversee standards at the Island’s public and private schools
The previous council’s ...
DATE: Nov 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Latest figures from Government which show that the economy contracted by 2.8 percent in 2011, reveal “the hypocrisy of government spin,” and demonstrate that Government has failed the people, the One Bermuda Alliance says.
In a statement issued yeste...
DATE: Oct 29, 2012
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Politics
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A school guidance counsellor was yesterday convicted of using false statements to convince a teacher to invest her life savings into a real estate scheme.
A Supreme Court jury found Cedric Oates guilty of making statements he knew to be false or misl...
DATE: Oct 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Empowering cash-strapped community groups, and bringing sex offenders’ registry legislation before Parliament, are among the Opposition’s pledges in its platform for crime and education.
And an expansion of preschool places, especially for single par...
DATE: Oct 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Lawyers make closing arguments in case against Cedric Oates
By Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man charged with defrauding a schoolteacher of her life savings acted as a manipulative predator according to prosecutors.
However defence lawyer Charles Richardso...
DATE: Oct 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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One Bermuda Alliance proposals would cost the taxpayer $500 million more, charged the Progressive Labour Party yesterday.
But the OBA shot back with a statement of their own describing the estimate as “ridiculous” and defending its proposals as key t...
DATE: Oct 26, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Government needs to take a harder line on serious crime by maximising punishment, says the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce.
Chamber president Ronnie Viera delivered a lengthy wish list for the next Throne Speech when contacted yesterday.
Much of it was t...
DATE: Oct 25, 2012
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Politics
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A crackdown on employer abuse of immigration rules, longer school days and handing the proceeds of crime back to communities are some of the policy initiatives of the One Bermuda Alliance should it take control of the reins of Government, it was reve...
DATE: Oct 24, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A clinic to help learning-challenged children has reopened after a building project to expand its premises in Serpentine Road, Hamilton.
A reception was held at The Reading Clinic to celebrate its relaunch, offering increased services to the communit...
DATE: Oct 23, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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